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Why exactly did Ash called his Charizard? But then again, at least we see Max and May saw Ash's Charizard for the first time. Max's watch on Ash's battle doesn't count cause he didn't meet it in person. LIZARDON!!! ^_^ Even though this show us the pointless filler but we did get to see some new things in this, what I said already.

my comments about the new opening can be seen in its respective thread (once I post there, anyway.... I'm reading through the currently 12-page thing in another window right now). All I can say is that, while the opening song itself was great, I was let down by a few things. However, my nerves calmed soon afterwards. Shortly after Nyaasu talks about what Sakaki could do with Freezer, Kojirou suddenly reminded them of the fact that Freezer's a legendary Pokemon and they wouldn't be capable of getting it so easily without forming a plan. It was a let-down that their "plan" was just to barge in with another typical mecha, but I was laughing my head off at the time as Kojirou was bringing some level-headedness to the group for once and the others just sat their making funny expressions XD. Enishida's wacky driving was also good for a laugh.

But the biggest treat for me came when Datsura appeared. Oh my god.... his voice.... seems familiar.... it can't be.... can it? I waited until the ending credits and, low and behold, I guessed right. Datsura's seiyuu is none other than Hiyama friggin Nobuyuki (Link, Balmung, Hiei, Black War Greymon, Asagi Shougo, two earlier roles in Pocket Monsters as Akira and Buson, etc.). You know what writers, with the next episode, I won't mind if you suck worse than you ever did and make this battle end up becoming another huge, rushed disappointment, just so long as you give this guy a huge number of speaking parts. I've mentioned liking Kanemaru Jun'ichi as Harley and Nozawa Masako as Masamune in the past, but they don't compare to the glory that is Nobuyuki. Yes.... that voice..... so dark, and tough, and just plain cool..... definitely among my favorites in all of anime [licks lips]. Alfonso, P_B, you're already obsessing over Datsura, right? I don't intend on going as far as to use sexual innuendo, but mind if I join ya?

EDIT: LOL! Seems I just answered your question Ed. I didn't see your post as I was typing this.

Yes, he did. He was flying in his plane one day and ran across an injured Articuno. He maneuvered below it and got it to land on top of his plane, then when they landed he helped it get better, and it decided to stay with him.

Yes, he did. He was flying in his plane one day and ran across an injured Articuno. He maneuvered below it and got it to land on top of his plane, then helped it out upon landing, and it decided to stay with him.

well..... Freezer was never in a Monster Ball, so it's hard to tell if Datsura officially owns it or merely befriended it and allows him to command it in battles (similar to Satoshi & Ghost/Yougiras). Then again, it was assumed Kasumi had ownership of Togepi (Pikachu doesn't count considering it was inside a ball at first), so maybe it's really his. They just had to make things complicated by not involving a Monster Ball, didn't they? But I guess if we get into technicalities, the fact that Pokemon are meant to just be friends and not slaves and they can remain with or leave a trainer freely, the fact that Freezer seemed to be living inside Datsura's warehouse, then yeah, it seems as though the Freezer was his.

Yup, classes again. I'm gonna be at this for a while.

I translate for #Pocketmonsters (just because I know Japanese does not make me Japanese, stop PMing me).

well..... Freezer was never in a Monster Ball, so it's hard to tell if Datsura officially owns it or merely befriended it and allows him to command it in battles (similar to Satoshi & Ghost/Yougiras). Then again, it was assumed Kasumi had ownership of Togepi (Pikachu doesn't count considering it was inside a ball at first), so maybe it's really his. They just had to make things complicated by not involving a Monster Ball, didn't they? But I guess if we get into technicalities, the fact that Pokemon are meant to just be friends and not slaves and they can remain with or leave a trainer freely, the fact that Freezer seemed to be living inside Datsura's warehouse, then yeah, it seems as though the Freezer was his.

He stated outright that he DID NOT capture it. It's just a friend that comes to visit from time to time.

This episode was very good^^
The scene with Scott driving to the Battle Factory was hilarious, I absolutely loved how everyone was scared to death, yet Scott was the only one having a happy-happy smile on his face.

I found it odd at first, but then I liked the fact they made Noland very cool and everything and yet a bit... clumsy? (Is not the right word I guess, oh well.)

And YAY for the music in this episode! Challenger and the movie version of the Advance Adventure tune. Awesome, really awesome

Late at night, everyone is having dinner outisde the stadium. As they're eating, Ash tells Noland that he wants him to use Articuno. Noland agrees to this terms and tells Ash that he can choose one Pokemon of his to combine with his 2 rental Pokemon.

Ash knows what to use... he looks up to the moon and sees Charizard. With Charizard being reunited with Ash again, he comes to Charizard giving him a warm welcome...FIRE

Part of a summary of...another Pokemon Site that has it synopsis done...

well...that means Ash has Charizard as his one of his choice...and the other 2 as RENATAL POKEMON...i wonder what the RENTAL pokemon are?

Aha...So then I wonder, why didn't he say anything about it in this episode?

Noland: "So Ash, did you choose the Pokémon you want to battle?"
Ash: "Yes, I did."
Max: "I bet you chose Venusaur!"
May: "Or Rhyhorn, perhaps?"
Ash: "No. I want to have a one on one battle against Articuno."
Everyone's all like "WTH?"
Brock: "Against Articuno??"
Noland: "What do you think, Articuno? Is that okay?"
(Noland takes Articuno's "Huh?"-like sound as a yes.)
Noland: And what Pokémon will you use?"
Ash: "I choose.. him." (Looks up, Charizard arrives, everybody's excited, yadda-yadda-yadda.)

Noland didn't make any further suggestions about rental Pokémon Ash could use. He agreed to a one on one battle, and I seriously can't imagine that Ash will suddenly change his mind in the next episode *is stubborn*